Improvement in carriaqe-sprin gs



UNrTEDQSTATs PATENT OFFICE;

ANDREW J. RITTER, oF RAEWAL NEW. ,-Jnasnr.A

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Specification forming part'of LcttersjPten-t N0.' 4 8,444. (lated J une 2j', 18765;

To all whom it may concern' YI l Railway, inthe countyof Union, Stateof New Jersey, ha've invented a new 'and l Improved "Mode o fConstructing Carriage-Sprit] gs for (lar-` riages', by which s'utlicient elasticity is obtained without using steel springs, as heretofore; and I' do declare that the following isa full and eX- act description -'tl1ereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand letters of "rety erence marked thereon. V

The nature of my inventionconsist-s inV pro-.p vidiu g double sidespars 'and placing 'them u pon` the axle and axle-bars in such a manner as to' form side sprin gs, which will, in connection with braces of. leather or rubber belting, sup-H ,port the carriage-,body and produce. sutlicient elasticity for all necessary purposes. The lower spar connects the axles and forms the carriage. part 1n such a manner as todo away with the steel springs, perch, perch -irons, 'body-irons,

&c.,`common with old, devices, whereby alight andY durable vehicle is produced with half-the usual'. cost. v f

To enable others skilled in the art of making carriage-springs for carriages, and to make my improyed'sprin gs l'or carriages,v I will describe it in the following specification and drawings annexed thereto, which form a partof the same, reference being had to the letters and figures 4 marked thereon.

The same letters ret'er'to vthe same parts 'in' all of the drawings. y y

Now, instead ofeons'tructin g the springs and-- applying them in 'the usual way, and using the common perch or reach to hold or couple the axles, Ldo it as follows: To form the-double side spars, A' a, as at Figure 1, I use two single side spars madetof wood and of the Aordinary length, size, and form, andbolt them together about midway with two -orfmore bolts, each bolt passing througha shoulder or bearing of the spars, as shownat B 13,' Fig.`1.4 The back end' of the lower spars, a calato c', Ilfasten to l the back mue, D, by means of the nommen clip,- )Be it known that LANDREW J.' Rifr'rER', ofl

and the frontends ofthe `spars a (t atE E, I fasten l to. the axle-bars FF bymeans of th'e coinmonl bolts, asshown at Figs-Zand 3,. .To ttheends o t' the top spars,-AA,-at GMIV H H,

I fasten -the cross-barsl I bynieans of clips or bolts, as the. case' may be.' This forms .they springs and carriage' partalso, as shown at Figs". 2, 3, and 4., ATo make the side spars more elastic and'easy in motion, andutosupport the rockers or bodyJ to its proper place at`.t he same 4 proper width, and length, made of' leather or rubber beltin g, and place themnear and around-- the ends of the cross-bars. I l, and draw them y tight from front I toA hack baal, as shown at Figs. 3 and 4, the ends of the bracrs'-KKlapingV the springs-in this Amanner sufficient elasticity is obtained for ull necessary purposes,

y and the same parts that-form the sprin gs form.

the carriage part and -support thebody and. hold itto its proper place. j n

, I am aware that vehicles are hung upon thorough-braces, and light wagons are-hung upon single` side spa'rs, and also that box orb board wagons are made without'pereh or reach.; These' individually'1 do not claim. `I do not claim any particular substance vfor the double sidespars, n`or do I claim any particular mode 4of fastening the braces'ori-fasteniing the spars to the axle-bars orAaXle-bed';` but 'What I do claim as my invention, and de:` sire'to 'secure tome byl Letters Patent, is

The double` side spare, A aA a,o'r their eqnivalent, in combination with the thorough-'braces K K, eross-bars I I, axle c', and axle-bars F F,

-for the purpose herein set forth and specified..

VSigned this 19th-day of January, 1865,

` ANDREW J. RITTER. vIn presence of- WM'. GIBBY, ALEX. GIBBY. 

